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CVE-2014-2583

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.

  • Published: Apr 10, 2014
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2014-2583
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

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Software From Fixed in
linux-pam / linux-pam 1.1.8 1.1.8.x